Syllabus: Fall Session
Communications 1: 1813S
Week
1: Sept. 8
2: Sept. 15
3: Sept. 22
4: Sept. 29
Topic
Introduction:
expectations, contact
information, general
questions
Punctuation:
a)sentence fragments
b)comma and semi
colon usage
Assignment/Test
Hybrid Hour
Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
59-64, 73-80
My Canadian
Complab: Exercise
Grammar:
a)subject-verb
agreement
b)passive/active voice
1.Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
54-58, 64-65
2.Passive/ Active
identification group
exercise
3. Quiz: Comma Usage
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
23-27, 66-67
2. Quiz: Passive/Active
Voice
My Canadian
Complab: Exercise
Grammar: modifier
errors
Style: economy,
precision, eliminating
wordiness, jargon,
inclusive language
Zone; Fragments,
Sentence Grammar,
Commas, Comma
Splices, Run-on
Sentences, Compound
Sentences,
Subordination,
Transitional Expressions
Zone; Verb Form, Voice
(active/passive),
Subject-Verb
Agreement
My Canadian
Complab: Exercise
Zone; Misplaced
Modifiers/Dangling
Modifiers, Bias in
Language/Sexist
Language, Redundancy
and Wordiness
Syllabus: Fall Session
Communications 1: 1813S
Week
Topic
Assignment/Test
Hybrid Hour
5. Oct. 6
Style: parallel structure,
point of view shift
Writing: professional
e-mails
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
40-41, 67
2. Write a professional
e-mail, due date: Oct
13, 2009
3. Inclusive language
quiz
My Canadian
Complab: Exercise
Grammar: pronoun
errors
Style: action, cadence,
using strong action
verbs
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
48-54
My Canadian
Complab: Exercise
Formal Writing:
purpose, audience,
outline
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication , pages
36-37
My Canadian
Complab: Writing
Formal Writing:
organization, coherence
Editing: drafting,
revising
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
6-19, 81
2. Group editing
My Canadian
Complab: Exercise
6: Oct. 13
7: Oct. 20
8: Oct. 27
exercise-My
Canadian
Complab: Paragraph
Editing (This will be
done in class.)
Zone; Parallel
Structure, Point of View
Shift
Zone; Pronouns
Process Exercises;
Planning
Zone; Inference from
Speech, Stringy
Sentence, Common
Spelling Errors
Syllabus: Fall Session
Communications 1: 1813S
Week
Topic
9: Nov. 3
Documentation:
paraphrase, quotations
10: Nov. 10
Assignment/Test
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication pages
Writing: medical charts 28-39
2. Prepare a medical
chart : due date
November 10
Writing: Business letters 1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
45-46
2. Write a business
letter: due date
November 17
11: Nov. 17
Oral Presentations
overview
1. Read Standards for
Professional
Communication, pages
20-22
2. Prepare a works cited
list using APA
documentation: due
date November 24
12: Nov. 24
Discussion, questions
Students may work on
either their oral
presentations or their
final papers. I will be in
class to answer
questions and resolve
problems.
Hybrid Hour
My Canadian
Complab: Research,
Avoiding Plagiarism
(APA format)
My Canadian
Complab:
Exercise Zone; Sentence
Editing (all three
sections)
All oral presentations
due next week
13: Dec. 1
Oral Presentations
14: Dec. 8
Oral Presentations
Final papers due
Review Complab
exercises
Syllabus: Fall Session
Communications 1: 1813S
15: Dec. 15
Final Test
Final Test: commas,
active passive, inclusive
language, subject-verb
agreement, pronoun
errors, modifier errors,
faulty parallelism
Required Text: Mikula, A. (2009). Standards for Professional Communication
second edition: School of Health and Community Studies. Toronto: Pearson
Longman.
Course Requirements:
1. Comma Quiz: 2%
2. Passive/Active Quiz: 2%
3. Inclusive Language Quiz: 2%
4. E-mail Assignment: 5%
5. Business Letter: 10%
6. APA Format Exercise: 4%
7. Oral Presentation: 15%
8. Final Paper: 30%
9. Final Test: 20%
10. Medical Chart: 10%
Contact Information: derricr@algonquincollege.com
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schedule.
Syllabus: Fall Session
Communications 1: 1813S
Please do not e-mail me any written assignments. All
assignments must be handed in by the end of class on the
assignment due date.
Mark Breakdown for all Written Assignments:
Content-5
Organization-3
Style-8
Format-1
Mechanics-8
Total: 25